Wearing attachment for footwear



Dec. 29, 1931. H. F. TSCHIRGI 1,838,720

WEARING ATTACHMENT FOR FOOTWEAR Filed April 19, 1950 fave/770K flurry fBab/1:91

- the user, and that may Patented Dec. 29, 1931' HARRY r. 'rsonrner, orron'rLAnn, onneon' AR-rive ATTACHMENT non roo rwnan Application filed.April 19,

My device is primarily intended for use by lumbermen, loggers, Alpineclimbers, wood men, and others. It consists primarily of a body elementdetachably attachable to the shoe, or boot, of the wearer and havingadjustable means associated therewith for fixedly positioning the sameupon the shoe, or boot, and having means for detachably re leasing thesame from the footwear when not in use.

T he primary object of my device is to provide a metallic attachmentthat may be dotachably attachedto footwear and that may be manuallyreleased, when desired, and removed from the footwear when occasionrequires.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a simplyconstructed device that may be carried upon the person of be secured tothe footwear when occasion demands without delay and without any otherfacilities for attaching the same other than that provided upon thedevice itself.

A still further object of my device consists in providing a device thatmay be carried in the pocket and that may be detachably attached to thefootwear. The device will remain fixedly positioned upon the footwearuntil it is released therefrom.

Heretofore it has been the general custom in devices of this kind tomake the calks integral with the footwear, which required the changingof the footwear when buildings,

- hotels, homes, depots and other places are entered. This, many times,is not practicable and where a long hilreis required to be made itnecessitated the party making the hike to use hob-nailed shoes withwhich they are not accustomed to wearing. In many instances the footweardoes not fit the wearer of the same. 7

Through the use of my new and improved device the same may be attachedto the shoe, or boot, to which the user is accustomed and which may beremoved as required for any purpose. I

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of 'guidewaysintowhich the slide 1930. Serial No. 445,705.

parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appendedclaims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shownwith reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of thisspecification. I

In the drawings: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective, side view of a shoe illustrating one of my newandfimproved devices disposed thereupon. a

V Fig. 2 is an inverted, plan view of the shoe illustrating one of mynewand improved devices disposed thereupon. 'Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe mechanism illustrated in Fig. 2, and illustrating the same removedfrom the shoe. v

Fig. 4 is a side view of a shoe, illustrating a modified form of devicedisposed thereupon, r a

Fig. 5 is an inverted plan viewof the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, perspective, top plan view of the toe end ofthe device illus' trated in Fig. 4 and in Fig. 5. i

Fig.7 is a fragmentary, sect1onal,side View of the attaching end of theheel portion of the device, the same being taken on line 7- of Fig.4,1oolring in the direction indicated.

Like reference characters refer to like parts'throughout the severalviews.

I preferably form my device of a body element 1 having a toe engagingrecess 2 disposed atthe toe end of the device. The recess is preferablyformed by the upward formingof the forward end of the device asillustrated at 3 andjhaving a reverse ledge l disposed thereupon andrearwardly extending therefrom. The distance between the ledge Aand thebody eleme ntof the device is.

substantially thethickness of the sole of the shoe. The. distanceis soprovided in order that'thetoe end of the sole may be made to engagedirectly within therecess 2. Ears 5 and 6 are formed at the rear end ofthe body element. The ears are so shaped as to form bars 7 and 8 aremade to engage. A reactingelement 9 is pivotally disposedabout asupporting pin 10. The free ends element are made to pass through ears13'" 11 and 12 of the reacting loo and 14 that outwardly extend from thefastening slides 7 and 8. Each of the slides have upturned ends asillustrated at 16 in Fig. 1 and a ledge 17 is disposed upon the outerends of the fastening slides to engage about the sole of the footwearjust forward of the heel 18. The reacting element maintains the slidesin intimate contact with the sole of the shoe at all times. The slidesare disposed rearwardly sufiiciently to engage substantially at thenarrowest portion of the sole to thereby maintain the device fixedlyupon the sole of the footwear. Calks 19 are removably disposed withinthe body element.

sole in which The device may be made as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, ,6and 7 wherein the body element 20 ismade of hardened metal materialhaving calks 21 formed integral with the body element and outwardlyextending therefrom. A toe engaging recess 22 is formed at the toe endof the body element. The device has locking resilient bars 23 and 24hingedly secured to the rearward portion of the body element, the samebeing secured to the body element by any suitable fastening means as byrivets 25 and 26. Each of the fastening bars 23 and 24 has a recess 27disposed in its outer end adapted to pass about the sole of the footwearwith a return ledge 28 terminating the free end of the bars. A hook 29may be made to engage the upper surface of the sole to lock the samerelative thereto. When the bars 23 and 24 arevmade toengage the outersurface of the sole and the same are stressed into placethe body elementis fixedly positioned relative to the position the same may be Wornuntil manually removed.

A device thus made may be placed upon the footwear with ease and whenthe tramp has been finished the device may be readily .removed from thefootwear and thrown away or placed in the pocket of the wearer.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bodyelement, a sole receiving recess disposed in the toe end of the .bodyelement, guideways formed the heel end of the body element, slide barsslidably disposed within the guideways, sole receiving ends terminatingthe outer ends of each of the slide bars, and yielding elements fornormally maintaining the slide bars in retracted position secured to thebody element and enrssavzo gaging each of the slide bars at their innerends.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bodyelement, .a sole receiving recess disposed within the toe end of thebody element, a cut out disposed within the heel end of the bodyelement, guideways formed at the heel end of the body element on eachside of the cut out, bars slidably disposed within the guideways,upturned ends terminating the outer ends of the bars, ears disposed uponthe inner ends of the bars, and spring elements fixedly secured to thebody element on their one end and having their free end disposed withinthe ears, said spring elements adapted to normally maintain the bars inretracted position.

HARRY F. TSCHIRGI.

